Vocabolario

pin

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Use a pin to attach the note.”

Sinonimi: needle, fastener

Antonimi:

pink

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is wearing a pink dress.”

Sinonimi: rose-colored

Antonimi:

disparage

Verbo

Esempio: “Do not disparage other people’s work.”

Sinonimi: belittle, criticize

Antonimi: praise

nascent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The startup is in a nascent market.”

Sinonimi: emerging, developing

Antonimi: mature

resignation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He sent his resignation yesterday.”

Sinonimi: quitting, stepping down

Antonimi: appointment

shipping

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Shipping is free today.”

Sinonimi: delivery, transport

Antonimi: pickup

keyboard

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My keyboard is black.”

Sinonimi: typing board

Antonimi: mouse

thief

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The thief stole a bag.”

Sinonimi: robber, criminal

Antonimi: guard

baby

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The baby is sleeping.”

Sinonimi: infant, little child

Antonimi: adult

bed

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I sleep in my bed.”

Sinonimi: sleeping place

Antonimi: chair

bedroom

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My bedroom is small.”

Sinonimi: sleeping room

Antonimi: bathroom

surrealism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Surrealism challenged traditional ideas about art.”

Sinonimi: art movement

Antonimi: realism

precocious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The child was precocious and unusually articulate.”

Sinonimi: advanced, gifted

Antonimi: immature, slow-developing

trampoline

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children jumped on the trampoline all afternoon.”

Sinonimi: springy jumping surface

Antonimi:

strapping

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He was a strapping young athlete.”

Sinonimi: strong, well-built

Antonimi: frail, weak

sentiment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Public sentiment changed after the report.”

Sinonimi: feeling, opinion

Antonimi: apathy, indifference

retention

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Sleep improves memory retention.”

Sinonimi: preservation, keeping

Antonimi: loss, release

crab

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We saw a crab near the rocks.”

Sinonimi: sea animal

Antonimi:

bolt

Verbo

Esempio: “The horse bolted across the field.”

Sinonimi: run suddenly, metal pin

Antonimi: stop

peg

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Hang your coat on that peg.”

Sinonimi: hook, pin

Antonimi:

nap

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I took a short nap after lunch.”

Sinonimi: doze, rest

Antonimi: work, wakefulness

handkerchief

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He took a handkerchief from his pocket.”

Sinonimi: cloth, tissue cloth

Antonimi:

sadly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She looked sadly out of the window.”

Sinonimi: unhappily

Antonimi: happily

frank

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”

Sinonimi: honest, direct

Antonimi: secretive, dishonest

lion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lion is sleeping under the tree.”

Sinonimi: big cat

Antonimi:

disparaging

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She made several disparaging remarks about his work.”

Sinonimi: derogatory, belittling

Antonimi: complimentary, respectful

mountaineer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Sinonimi: climber, alpinist

Antonimi:

demographic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Demographic changes are reshaping the labor market.”

Sinonimi: population-related

Antonimi:

confinement

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Long periods of confinement can affect mental health.”

Sinonimi: restriction, imprisonment

Antonimi: freedom, release

withdrawal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The sudden withdrawal of funding delayed the project.”

Sinonimi: retreat, removal

Antonimi: advance, deposit

asleep

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The baby is finally asleep.”

Sinonimi: sleeping

Antonimi: awake

still

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is still waiting outside.”

Sinonimi: yet, motionless

Antonimi: moving

judge

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do not judge people too quickly.”

Sinonimi: evaluate

Antonimi: ignore

doing

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What are you doing right now?”

Sinonimi: performing

Antonimi: stopping

awake

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I was still awake at midnight.”

Sinonimi: alert

Antonimi: asleep

preconception

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Sinonimi: bias

Antonimi: open-mindedness

disparagingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Sinonimi: scornfully

Antonimi: respectfully

euphorically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Investors reacted euphorically to the unexpected results.”

Sinonimi: ecstatically

Antonimi: gloomily

complementary

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their skills are complementary, not overlapping.”

Sinonimi: supplementary

Antonimi: conflicting

ecstatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “She spoke ecstatically about the opportunity.”

Sinonimi: joyfully

Antonimi: miserably

speculation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The media’s speculation increased after the announcement.”

Sinonimi: guesswork

Antonimi: certainty

shift

Verbo

Esempio: “Public opinion can shift quickly.”

Sinonimi: change

Antonimi: stay

wake

Verbo

Esempio: “I wake up early on weekdays.”

Sinonimi: wake up

Antonimi: sleep

harmony

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They live in harmony.”

Sinonimi: peace

Antonimi: conflict

divergent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”

pragmatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They took a pragmatic approach to shipping the MVP.”

survey

/ˈsɝːveɪ/

Esempio: “We ran a survey last week.”

Sinonimi: appraise, view, study

complain

/kəmˈpleɪn/

Esempio: “Customers often complain about delays.”

Sinonimi: plain, kvetch, quetch

Antonimi: cheer, chirk up, cheer up

agree

/əˈɡriː/

Esempio: “I agree with your idea.”

Sinonimi: accord, concur, fit

Antonimi: disaccord, disagree, differ